Which Boston Celtics Is the former Celtics player from Newark, New Jersey, and is he the NBA’s highest-earning player? On the one hand, this player is one of the NBA’s all-time greats and has played a major role in the league’s history, so it should be pretty easy to guess. But on the other hand, many former Celtics players are from this city, which might still trip you up.
If you haven’t been able to guess who the Great Aristotle is (or one of his many nicknames), we’ll reveal it to you. Shaquille O’Neal is Newark’s all-time leading winner with career earnings of $292,198,327 per HoopsHype.
Far behind him is Bam Adebayo at $105,071,112, but the Miami Heat big man could catch up to Shaq one day if league salaries continue to rise as they have in recent years.
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The bottom three include Kenneth Faried with $56,898,674 earned to date, former Boston forward Eric Williams with $39,835,520 in career earnings, and we can claim Randy Foye and his $34,106,401 NBA salary if you squint.
Foye was drafted by Boston and traded that same night.
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